October blooms

I have had these two chimney pots for years, I love them at either end of daisy flower bed, both with begonias in, hopefully cyclamen should grow through and bloom long after the begonias fade. The daisies are still full of frothy blooms, I did thin them out a bit.

I love my big blooms in pots, one with the dark fuchsia, the red and purple really stand out, I also love the fushia in my raised bed tumbling over my pond, I often have to pick up the fallen blooms from my pond, neither of these displays are hard work, I just feed them a couple times a year.

The side bed is still blooming, so many colours, the nerines are beautiful, I have 2 tall ones and more which are not so tall, some of the french marigolds have been pulled out, the blooms are thinner now. 

The begonia and lobelia are planted in this tub, the rest are all in pots sat on top of the stones, the hostas have completely died back, I have ensured no pots are over the hosta crowns. I do love the colour here.

I moved our olive tree to this sheltered corner by the house, it does get afternoon and evening sun, it is thriving, again we have a few olives in the tree, they stay hard, so I don't do anything with them. In the warmer months there are more pots in front of the huge tub. 

I dug out another foxglove plant growing in my veg bed, its in my greenhouse, I now have 5 plants for next spring, I also moved a clump of forget-me-nots, again self seeded in the wrong place. My Geranium I split into 5 plants are all perking up, I hope to fill any gaps in my flower bed next year with plants created in my greenhouse. 

My pots were bone dry on Tuesday, pansies were wilting, so I got out the hose and watered all my pots and both veg beds, watering in October, its another unusual month in this strange year.

Most of my spring bulbs are in pots, I have so many different blooms and colours, next spring is going to be fun here, most of the pots I had emptied ready for my spring bulbs. It's still a bit early to pot up my tulips.

I am so happy at home in my garden, I have no more plans to change anything, I don't have any space for new things, October so far has been a mild dry month, I'm sad knowing I will soon have less time outside as the weather changes, the garden is a healing space. Soon it will be reading and craft time, things which can be done inside.